The Stanislav hasidic dynasty was established in western Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 in a town currently known as Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....

. The town was previously called Stanisławów, and is still known in Yiddish

Yiddish language

Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...

 as Stanislav.

The dynasty's founders were the descendants of Rabbi Chanoch Henoch Dov Mayer, first Rebbe

Rebbe

Rebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...

 of Alesk

Alesk (Hasidic dynasty)

Alesk is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Chanoch Henikh Dov Majer.Alesk is the Yiddish name of Oles'ko, a town in present-day Ukraine.- Lineage :...

, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Rokeach of Belz

Belz (Hasidic dynasty)

Belz is a Hasidic dynasty named for the town of Belz in Western Ukraine, near the Polish border. The town has existed since at least the 10th century, with the Jewish community being established during the 14th century. The town became home to Hasidic Judaism in the early 19th century...

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Arriving in London after surviving the Holocaust, Rabbi Meshulem Yisosschor Ashkenasi, born in 1905, became known as the Stanislav-Alesker Rebbe. He was a descendant of the Chacham Zvi

Tzvi Ashkenazi

Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch ben Yaakov Ashkenazi , known as the Chacham Tzvi , for some time rabbi of Amsterdam, was a resolute opponent of the followers of the false messiah, Sabbatai Zevi. He had a chequered career, owing to his independence of character...

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After his death in , his son, Rabbi Uri Ashkenasi, became the Stanislaver Rebbe of London. He is a well known mohel

Mohel

A mohel is a Jewish person trained in the practice of brit milah "covenant of circumcision."-Etymology of the Hebrew and Aramaic term:...

 and has a Beth midrash

Beth midrash

Beth Midrash refers to a study hall, whether in a synagogue, yeshiva, kollel, or other building. It is distinct from a synagogue, although many synagogues are also used as batei midrash and vice versa....

 in Stamford Hill

Stamford Hill

Stamford Hill is a place in the north of the London Borough of Hackney, England, near the border with Haringey. It is home to Europe's largest Hasidic Jewish and Adeni Jewish community.Stamford Hill is NNE of Charing Cross.-History:...

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Additional dynasty

There is an additional Hasidic dynasty known as the Stanislov dynasty of Monsey, New York

Monsey, New York

Monsey is a hamlet , in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Airmont and west of Nanuet...

. The previous Stanislover Rebbe of Monsey was Rabbi Yisroel Rosenbaum, (1931-2009), a scion of the Nadvorna

Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvorna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna...

 dynasty.

Rabbi Yisroel Rosenbaum was asked by his grandfather, Rabbi Isomor of Nadvorna, to establish a beis medrash in memory of his brother-in-law (and Rabbi Yisroel's uncle), Rabbi Chaim Leifer of Stanislov, son of Rabbi Yitzchok Leifer of Stanislov, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna

Mordechai of Nadvorna

Rabbi Mordechai Leifer was the son of Rabbi Yesochor Bertche Leifer , author of Sisrei Torah, and a great-great-grandson of Rabbi Meir "The Great" of Premishlan....

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Sons

• Rabbi Eliezer Zvi, Linsker Rebbe
• Rabbi Yesochor Dov Berel, Stanislover Rav
• Rabbi Moshe, Stanislover Rebbe in Beitar Illit
• Rabbi Yehudah Rosenbaum

Daughters

• Rebbetzin
  Rebbetzin
  Rebbitzin or Rabbanit is the title used for the wife of a rabbi, typically from the Orthodox, or Haredi, and Hasidic Jewish groups...
  
   Rosenbaum, married to Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Rosenbaum, Kretchnifer
  Kretshnif (Hasidic dynasty)
  Kretshnif is a Hasidic Jewish dynasty that comes from the Nadvorna dynasty....
  
   Rebbe of Monsey
• Rebbetzin Horonchik
• Rebbetzin Malky Goldstein, married to Rabbi Yaakov Leib Goldstein, son of Rabbi Rafael Goldstein, Skolya
  Skolye (Hasidic dynasty)
  The Skolye dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic rabbis. It is named after the city of Skole in Eastern Galicia where the founder of this dynasty lived and led his court.-List of Rabbis:*Rabbi Yitzchok of Drohobych The Skolye dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic rabbis. It is named after the city of Skole ...
  
  Rebbe

External links

• Photograph of Rabbi Meshulem Yisosschor Ashkenasi's gravesite